Asus Kaby Lake motherboards (Updated)

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holy shit those a gorgeous!

[MageTank]

1 hour ago, arnavvr said:

U.2 my friend.

Used by basically nobody that cares about ITX, lol. M.2 would have been a much better alternative, especially if placed on the bottom of the board. Saving cables within an ITX case is ideal, and M.2 is perfect for that without adding additional height beyond that of your typical standoffs.

[NumLock21]

On 11/29/2016 at 7:03 PM, Flitter said:

This excites me for what they'll do for Zen.. 

8 tentacles

[Bleedingyamato]

Why do some of those boards look like there's covers around the PCIE slots?  

 

That seems to me like it could make installing things like GPUs and wifi cards annoying...

[DildorTheDecent]

Maximus IX Formula looks great. 

 

Maximus IX Impact needs to happen though. Those little boards are great. 

[ThinkWithPortals]

4 minutes ago, DildorTheDecent said:

Maximus IX Formula looks great. 

 

Maximus IX Impact needs to happen though. Those little boards are great. 

I own a Maximus VII Impact: can confirm  Excellent motherboards.

[Guest]

Waiting for Gigabyte GA-Z270x-UD3 Ultra or Gigabyte GA-Z270x Designaire or Gigabyte GA-Z270x Deisgnair EX and hope they would be blue. I don't like the overly black on ASUS stuff 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Too bad their customer support is garbage in the UK...(and yes, I own(ed) 5 Asus products and blame it on deals...how was I gonna say no to a 100 quid z77 sabertooth (new) or a 180 pound white x99 motherboard (new as well) or a 120 quid RX470?)

[Dabombinable]

When your 2014 LGA1150 motherboard looks like alien tech when compared to Tuff motherboards from 2016....

[Belgarathian]

Hnnnnnng. Must have. 

[VerticalDiscussions]

They certainly look flashy and carry several audio, overclocking and networking additional functionalities that home users can appreciate, but like i learned from my mistake of buying a motherboard that promised "great tools of easy and effective use", i ended up with a motherboard whose green port didnt rapidly charge my devices .-. and its network features were never used, because they were so flippin useless. Its overclocking AI Suite 3 was also useless, most of the time since i saw no performance benefits or more efficient usage overhaul, just a computer that made less noise and heated up way more significantly, altough the CPU was locked it suddenly got a 20Cº increase (did that stupid program just bumped the voltage to insane levels on a locked cpu o-O?)

 

Moral of the story for me is not to trust flashy motherboards and no matter what, 150-250€ is the absolute max someone should spend on one, not 350-600€ for something whose advertised workarounds dont even function properly or have any use case x-x! Z87-Deluxe from Asus btw...

 

I wouldnt mind getting a Tuf one, since that monitoring app from your phone and that UEFI bios is quite well done :p.

[Clanscorpia]

2 hours ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Why do some of those boards look like there's covers around the PCIE slots?  

 

That seems to me like it could make installing things like GPUs and wifi cards annoying...

Its metal that makes the slot stiffer. Helps if you have a super heavy card like a triple fan or triple slot card

[Bleedingyamato]

14 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Its metal that makes the slot stiffer. Helps if you have a super heavy card like a triple fan or triple slot card

But it looks like it's going around the slots which would seem to restrict your ability to easily plug cards in including getting in the way of being able to press the lever/thing to release the GPU that x16 slots have.  

 

If you look at a picture of my Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 you can see what seems to me to be a better implementation of what the idea you mention of reinforcing the PCIE slots.  

 

Gigabyte made the slots themselves stronger in theory rather than putting a cover around but not actually part of the slots like it appears ASUS is doing.   

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, Bleedingyamato said:

But it looks like it's going around the slots which would seem to restrict your ability to easily plug cards in including getting in the way of being able to press the lever/thing to release the GPU that x16 slots have.  

 

If you look at a picture of my Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 you can see what seems to me to be a better implementation of what the idea you mention of reinforcing the PCIE slots.  

 

Gigabyte made the slots themselves stronger in theory rather than putting a cover around but not actually part of the slots like it appears ASUS is doing.   

Theres not mutliple angles so we dont know what they did exact but it didnt look like it blocked the slot when I looked at it

[Bleedingyamato]

26 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Theres not mutliple angles so we dont know what they did exact but it didnt look like it blocked the slot when I looked at it

See how the slots are recessed behind/under the cover things that are around the PCIE slots?  

 

It certainly appears to me that this design would either prevent or in some way interfere with plugging in x1 cards like for wifi and also GPUs.  

[Clanscorpia]

1 minute ago, Bleedingyamato said:

See how the slots are recessed behind/under the cover things that are around the PCIE slots?  

 

It certainly appears to me that this design would either prevent or in some way interfere with plugging in x1 cards like for wifi and also GPUs.  

 

OOOOOOOH THAT. Nah I dont think so. I thought you were talking that the metal on the PCIe slots

[Bleedingyamato]

15 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

OOOOOOOH THAT. Nah I dont think so. I thought you were talking that the metal on the PCIe slots

Yes THAT.  lol

 

I hope not.  I guess we'll have to wait and see.  

[Scitesh]

18 hours ago, Clanscorpia said:

Its metal that makes the slot stiffer. Helps if you have a super heavy card like a triple fan or triple slot card

Like amp extreme or strix or Any card with a waterblock on it

 

20 hours ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Waiting for Gigabyte GA-Z270x-UD3 Ultra or Gigabyte GA-Z270x Designaire or Gigabyte GA-Z270x Deisgnair EX and hope they would be blue. I don't like the overly black on ASUS stuff 

Their signature colors have been white and black but the ROG (most marketable product) has the gamers combo

Although I  liked the designare  z 170  board

[handymanshandle]

I sort of hope all the LEDs on the IX Formula are RGB, it sounded like the PCH and a few parts wold have RGB LEDs 

[NumLock21]

37 minutes ago, wcreek said:

I sort of hope all the LEDs on the IX Formula are RGB, it sounded like the PCH and a few parts wold have RGB LEDs 

They're all RGB just like the current one.

[handymanshandle]

2 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

They're all RGB just like the current one.

Okay because it sounded like only certain parts would be RGB on the IX Formula, like the LED under the plate that says "Republic of Gamers" .

 

I'm sure it won't be a cheap mobo, but I'd consider getting the Maximus IX Formula or Code depending on whether I wanted an integrated I/O shield or not and if there would be any noticeable price difference. Which I guess I can sort of justify spending a little more on an even nicer mobo since I'm likely to be going with an i7 6700K or i7 7700K.

The nice thing about my new job is that even though checks/cheques are weekly and I technically make 25 cents less therefore smaller checks/cheques, I hope to keep my weekly average at 18-20 hours, my previous job raised me to 10/hr and was cutting back my hours. 

The thing is if I want a more expensive part, I'd likely only have to wait an extra week to afford that part.

 

What's $200 extra if its looks are more in line with what sort of aesthetic you were aiming for and if the functionality is the same or better than the cheaper board?

 

For $120 more than the 6600K I was going to get, I get a CPU that will likely be usable a bit longer than the i5 would.

[NumLock21]

10 minutes ago, wcreek said:

Okay because it sounded like only certain parts would be RGB on the IX Formula, like the LED under the plate that says "Republic of Gamers" .

 

I'm sure it won't be a cheap mobo, but I'd consider getting the Maximus IX Formula or Code depending on whether I wanted an integrated I/O shield or not and if there would be any noticeable price difference. Which I guess I can sort of justify spending a little more on an even nicer mobo since I'm likely to be going with an i7 6700K or i7 7700K.

The nice thing about my new job is that even though checks/cheques are weekly and I technically make 25 cents less therefore smaller checks/cheques, I hope to keep my weekly average at 18-20 hours, my previous job raised me to 10/hr and was cutting back my hours. 

The thing is if I want a more expensive part, I'd likely only have to wait an extra week to afford that part.

 

What's $200 extra if its looks are more in line with what sort of aesthetic you were aiming for and if the functionality is the same or better than the cheaper board?

 

For $120 more than the 6600K I was going to get, I get a CPU that will likely be usable a bit longer than the i5 would.

Cheaper board will not have a exclusive feature found on the formula.

 

[handymanshandle]

6 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Cheaper board will not have a exclusive feature found on the formula.

 

That too, Asus does pack more on to/with the $400 mobo things that say a $140 MSI mobo wouldn't have.

[SansVarnic]

On 11/29/2016 at 4:49 PM, aries757 said:

*Faps to hotness of motherboards* OH BBY A TRIPPLE

There is this thing called the "<snip>" its a great feature to use.

[wretlaw120]

It looks like the Formula, the Code, and the Sabertooth have dual m.2 slots, although the second is not visible. I say this because 1; all the other boards have dual m.2 and ASUS wouldn't include MORE m.2 slots on lower end models, and 2; there are covers with screws on them that look similar to the m.2 covers of the VIII Formula. There's also the funny looking vertical m.2 slot, at the bottom of these boards, which also appeared on some of ASUS' X99 boards.

 

Just some analysis that might be helpful to someone out there.